Tag: Mitch McConnell

Justin Muzinich, U.S. deputy Treasury secretary nominee for President Trump, smiles during a Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, July 26, 2018.

Senate confirms Trump tax architect Muzinich as deputy Treasury secretary

Sean Higgins · December 11, 2018 5:17 pm

Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks.

Mitch McConnell says Senate will vote on criminal justice bill before Christmas

Dominick Mastrangelo · December 11, 2018 3:37 pm

Kushner, who joined the White House in January, had divested from the New Jersey project and Kushner Companies. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Jared Kushner says criminal justice reform bill is ‘very close,’ hopes for passage before Christmas

Diana Stancy Correll · December 11, 2018 3:37 am

Kentucky Senators Rand Paul, left, and Mitch McConnell address the media during a press conference following McConnell's victory in the republican primary Friday, May 23, 2014, in Louisville, Ky.

Rand Paul pressures McConnell to bring criminal justice reform legislation to a vote

Diana Stancy Correll · December 10, 2018 11:07 pm

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi speaks during a press conference.

Senate GOP to Pelosi: Good luck controlling left-wing Democrats

Al Weaver · December 10, 2018 9:58 pm

President Donald Trump listens during a roundtable discussion on the First Step Act, Monday, Nov. 26, 2018, in Gulfport, Miss.

Trump conflicted over criminal justice reform amid warnings of Willie Horton-style political problem

David M. Drucker, Susan Ferrechio · December 7, 2018 6:34 pm

U.S. President Donald Trump smiles during a signing ceremony for H. R. 5682, First Step Act, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018. TrumpÂ endorsed proposed legislation that would change criminal sentencing rules and provide new assistance to some ex-cons, in a bid to build momentum for a bill that top Senate Republicans say is unlikely to pass this year.

Influential First Step Act opponent backs some key provisions, offering hope to supporters

Steven Nelson · December 6, 2018 2:04 pm

Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., speaks to members of the media.

Flake: I’m not backing down on judges

Susan Ferrechio · December 6, 2018 12:22 am

House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md., holds a news conference to introduce the "Secure America from Russian Interference Act."

Hoyer: ‘We don’t have our own Tea Party now’ with new liberal Democrats

Al Weaver · December 4, 2018 10:08 pm

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference at the Capitol in D.C.

Schumer calls on CIA’s Haspel to brief full Senate on Khashoggi death

Al Weaver · December 4, 2018 9:35 pm

President Donald Trump speaks about H. R. 5682, the "First Step Act" in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018, which would reform America's prison system. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

The criminal justice reform Trump can achieve without Congress

Steven Nelson · December 4, 2018 5:00 am

Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Sergei Kislyak.

McConnell pans Flake push for Mueller protection bill as ‘futile gesture’

Al Weaver · December 4, 2018 1:07 am